Capacity Cuts Must Increase 40 Percent if Oil Goes Higher
The Business Travel Coalition (BTC) are predicting massive job losses, supply chain disruptions, declining business activity and shrinking tax revenues that will result from record fuel prices and weaken American competitiveness, devastate communities, and reduce tourism as airlines continue to liquidate... [read more]
Happy Birthday, America
Regional Aviation News will take a brief break to celebrate America’s Independence Day. After all, contrary to popular belief, our founding fathers took the...
Mesa Stock Too Low for NASDAQ
Mesa avoided being delisted for its failure to comply with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing n NASDAQ. In a letter to the airline dated June 18, NASDAQ staff gave Mesa 180 days or until December 15 to regain compliance which means its stock must...
Kuolt Dead at 80
The regional airline industry is mourning the loss of one of its greatest characters – Milt Kuolt, founder of Horizon Airlines, who died June 20 in a Seattle hospital. Kuolt earned his own chapter in the recently published Character & Characters The Spirit of Alaska Airlines, the latest airline...
AE Takes Brunt of AA Cuts
American is drastically cutting American Eagle flights at La Guardia in a bid to restore operational reliability, according to the airline, which is cutting only five departures at the airport to American Eagle's 37. The airline cited the fact that both AA and AE routes are losing money in this fuel...
Commentary: User Fee Debate Complicated by Uninformed Study
Numerous press reports are buying the convoluted and wrong-headed logic of a new report by the Institute for Policy Studies and Essential Action which blames extra fees for checked bags, long security lines and crowded commercial flights on business jets used by the “ultra rich.” Worse, it comes...
EAS Gets $130M
On Tuesday, June 24, the House passed HR 6327, extending the FAA authorization through September 30, according to Regional Aviation Partners (RAP). The organization reported that a debate erupted Tuesday afternoon on HR 6327 over an $8 billion appropriations for the Highway Trust Fund and was settled by...
Sukhoi Completes Pressure Test
On June 22, upon completion of the scheduled test of the fuselage at a pressure equal to 125 percent of operational load and tuning the tensometric sensors, Sukhoi Superjet 100 resumed factory flight tests. The completed tests allow for longer flights at the higher altitudes. Tests continued with...
New Taxiway at LAX
Los Angeles airline, airport and city officials celebrated the opening of a new center taxiway between the southern two runways at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The taxiway project, which began April 2007, was completed on budget and four days early. Los Angeles was the site of the nation’s...
Eco Watch – Leiberman-Warner Withdrawn
Despite the fact that the Leiberman-Warner bill proposing a cap-and-trade emissions trading scheme has been withdrawn from consideration in the U.S. Senate, it will likely be the boilerplate of future legislation, according to Air Transport Association Executive Vice President and COO John Meehan. Related...
FAA Fights Fatigue
After the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) cited fatigue in regional airline accidents, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says fatigue can affect aviation operations and now is the time to do something about it, according to RAN’s sister publication Air Safety Week, which reported on...
First Flight for Re-Launched BAe BAe 146QT Freighter
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft announced today that the first re-launched BAe 146QT (Quiet Trader) freighter has been completed at Aerostar’s Bacau facility in Romania and the Series 200 aircraft (msn E2099) made a successful first flight on Wednesday, June 25. Since the Large Freight Door (LFD) was...
Quick Takes
Ottawa Lowers Airport Fees Jazz Air LP (Jazz) commended the Ottawa International Airport Authority's decision to reduce terminal fees by five percent, effective July 1, 2008. “Excessive fees, surcharges and taxes continue to plague the aviation industry - the situation is now made worse by soaring fuel...
Ice Research Predicts Hazardous Cloud Formations
Researchers at New Jersey’s Rowan University are testing ways to detect icing conditions pilots should avoid. The Rowan team has been focusing on ice clouds and crystals, developing an ice cloud chamber and measuring its change in polarization, according to the university’s research and grants...
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